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We, at Jaslok Hospital, have a dedicated Department of Critical Care Medicine that manages 58 ICU beds. We have one of the most renowned critical care physicians with us, who is also one of the pioneers of critical care medicine in India and has an experience of more than 40 years in the field.

Medical ICU has 20 beds including isolation beds. We receive all kinds of patients here; irrespective of their level of sickness or even if the sickness is infectious in nature, we never refuse admission.

Surgical ICU has 10 beds, where postoperative clean patients are shifted from the operation theatre and kept for treatment and monitoring. All patients who have undergone surgeries—such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), neurosurgery, clean general surgery and orthopaedic surgery—are treated at ICU postoperatively.

Our ICUs are managed by an efficacious medical team including intensivists, ICU registrar and well-trained nursing staff. On an average, a postoperative ICU stay of 2 to 4 days is needed. Once our patients are stable, they are shifted back to the wards for further treatment.

The ICU located at the 14th floor has 13 beds, with one dedicated bed for sleep study and telemetry. This is a dedicated ICU for A-class patients. There is no difference in care for the patients among all ICUs, except for the difference in the level of comfort for the relatives. We have 8 bedded PICU and 2 bedded ACU. We also 5 bedded ICU reserved for Bone Marrow Transplant patients.

Latest equipment, monitoring devices, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) machine, temporary pacemaker, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) etc. are available for patients’ care. Patients with infections and/or low immunity who require isolation are managed in the isolation room with a dedicated nursing staff. We have a well-trained and an efficient nursing staff that works under the guidance of an experienced senior sister in charge.

Apart from this, there is a counselling room where sick patients’ relatives are counselled by the treating physician and other team members. A stress counsellor is available to help the patient and relatives manage stress. For the relatives, there is a resting area which is equipped with one bed per person along with basic amenities including facilities for refreshment.

We also have a dedicated Code Blue team that manages emergency cases in the hospital with a response time of approximately 2 to 4 minutes. It is functioning very successfully and helps save many patients. There is a regular CPR training program for doctors and sisters. In every two months, we conduct an audit of the entire Code Blue team. The CPR training takes place in the entire hospital and helps expedite the duty of the Code Blue team, thereby leading to better patient services.

We follow the latest guidelines and protocols for efficient patient care. Our hospital is accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) and takes utmost care to follow the rules for patient benefit. Our ICUs have a dedicated Infection Control Programme, Bed Sore Management Protocol, End of Life Care, Brain Death Certification Policy and Organ Donation Programme.

Our department also conducts academic activities. There are two FNB fellowship seats every year, four ISCCM seats for post-MD students and two seats for post-MBBS students. There are regular academic activities for ICU doctors and sisters. Every year, the department organises a Critical Care Conference where national and international faculties are invited. There is a two-day CME which is attended by doctors from across the city and nearby states.

DR. ANAND BHABHOR

Area of expertise

Difficult wearing, Geriatric medicine, Onco-Critical care

Brief write up

Dr. Anand has done his MBBS & MD from B J Medical college, Ahmedabad. He joined Jaslok Hospital in August 2006. He pursued his IDCCM - Indian diploma in critical care medicine in 2008-August

Few of his awards encompasses -
Developing and promoting critical care speciality
1. Established a critical care department of 50 beds in various disciplines at Jaslok Hospital. Incharge of the department at present.
2. Instituted a new department of critical care at Well Care Hospital, Dubai.
3. Planning, organizing and training of ICU at Breach Candy Hospital (first pulmonary critical care unit in the country started by Dr F E Udwadia)

On Editorial board of Chest - Indian Edition, official publication of the ACCP.

Invited by the Medical Education and Research Trust of Karnataka in March 1986 to organize the first conference and CME programme on critical care medicine at the Victoria Hospital, Bangalore, for post graduate students of Karnataka University. (Appendix F-2)

Elected President - World Conference on Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bombay, Dec 1995. Overall incharge of the conference - planning, organization and setting up of the scientific programme. The Conference was attended by over 700 delegates from India and abroad.

Invited as Member of the Governing Council of the IV International Multi-faculty Conference & the Mediatech Triple Expro 95 exhibition held in Bombay, Dec 95.

Elected on the Council of International Governors of ACCP for term 1996-2000 at the convocation ceremony in San Francisco on 28th Oct 1996 and re-elected in 2000-03.

Awarded Fellowship of the Indian College of Physician by the Association of Physicians of India, 1999.

Publications :

- Member of the Research Committee, Breach Candy Hospital and Research Centre since 1986.